Wednesday, July 29, 2015

I hadn't worn this dress in a really long time. I would always pass over it in my closet for some strange reason. But then the other day I tried to remember why the heck I stopped wearing it and I came up with nothing, so I put it on.

I love the way it fits, I love the pattern and I love the little buttons on the top. It has definitely become one of my favorite dresses again! I wish I had it in a bunch of other colors. Have you ever re discovered a piece of clothing that you had forgotten about?

Monday, July 27, 2015

I am pretty excited about these cute little sea shell necklaces I have made! They're the perfect accessory to a summer time outfit.

All of them are made with mini shells I collected from the beach last year.

Whenever we go to the beach, there is always what I call the "crunchy layer", which are little deposits of tiny shell fragments and stones buried under the sand or in a strand along the beach. I love digging through them and searching for mini seashells, and last year I had the great idea to make them into resin necklaces!

There are only four in my shop right now, but I have plenty more I am hoping to add later this week, so keep an eye out!

Two more cameras were added to my collection this week, which gave me a boost to get back to taking more film photos. (And finally getting them developed!) So that's what I hope to be up to this next week.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

When we got our new shed, we knew it was time to say goodbye to this rusty old guy. We found someone on Craigslist who was looking for scrap metal, and when he saw the metal shed, he said he was going to try and use it as a duck house! What fun!

Then we were left with this empty concrete slab, and thought it seemed like the perfect place for a pergola. We thought about building one ourselves, but then Lowe's was having a great sale and we couldn't pass this one up for 100 dollars off!

I've had fun planting all kinds of flowers around and training vines to grow up it.

I even made a few container gardens which I haven't really done before, it was so fun! But I can't stand to watch them die this winter so now I'm gonna have to try to find places for them in my house. -_-

We made this little flower pot fountain, and helped ourselves to a few plants out of my mom's pond.

I love those giant elephant ear plants! I really hope they survive the winter.

I am also loving our new fence. Now I don't have to worry about anybody looking at me when I go outside!

Monday, July 20, 2015

This past week at work was rather busy, and I ended up working 10 hours most days. Not my favorite. It took most of the week for my soreness to disappear, I still can't believe sitting with bad posture for two days affected me for two weeks. Won't be making that mistake again.

On Saturday we were finally able to ride our bikes for the first time this year. Even though it was 95 degrees out, it was so much fun and I can't wait to start riding almost every day like we used to.

A mysterious gourd and a mini pumpkin bloomed this week!

My water bath fungus grew like crazy and kinda scares me a little bit.. Into the autoclave with him!

A lot of my free time this week was spent researching my family tree; I am obsessed! Turns out I am a mix of Polish, Austrian, and French Canadian with a little bit of English and Scottish thrown in there. Most of my family came to America in the late 1880s/early 1900s, so it was exciting to learn that I am only a few generations removed from my European ancestry. It is so interesting to learn where your ancestors came from, and I want to trace them back as far as possible!